Malaysia Crime Watch

23 January 2008
Kuala Lumpur

Lieutenant Colonel Zainal Mohamed Ali was found guilty of 14 counts of corruption amounting to RM207,100 yesterday in court. The 29-year-old former director of the Armed Forces Museum was charged with 8 counts of abusing his position to obtain gratification totaling RM154,600 from Mohamed Annuar Abdul, owner of Shura Trading Sdn Bhd, in exchange for awarding a contract to maintain and repair the museum.

Zainal was also charged with 5 counts of accepting a total of RM33,000 from Annuar for a contract to maintain and provide equipment to the museum.

The last charge was for using two false government purchase orders and Shura Trading invoices to cheat the Defence Ministry.

Shura Trading was also forced to outsource several jobs to Suhani Enterprise Sdn Bhd, where Zainal’s wife, Noraini Abdul Rahman, had interests.

The judge deferred sentencing to 5 February 2008.

New Straits Times – Soldier guilty of 14 counts of corruption
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2139412/Article/index_html>

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23 January 2008
Petaling Jaya

The Indonesian woman who allegedly sent false short messages to and extorted money from the father of missing 5-year-old Sharlinie Mohd Nashar has been charged in court yesterday.

27-year-old Sudarwanti pleaded guilty to the charge of criminal intimidation by sending the threatening and false short messages between 10 January 2008 at 4:07pm and the next day at 9:25am.

Under Sections 506 and 507 of the Penal Code, she faces a maximum jail term of 9 years or a fine or both.

Sentencing has been set on 1 February 2008 and no bail was set.

The Star Online – Maid pleads guilty to sending threatening SMS
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/23/nation/20092604&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Maid pleads guilty to sending menacing SMS
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2139366/Article/index_html>

MCW – Sharlinie Missing: General Operations Force Helps Search
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/sharlinie-missing-general-operations/>

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22 January 2008
Shah Alam

Celcom technical specialist Haizal Hambali was the next prosecution witness in the murder trial of Altantuya Shaariibuu, where he explained that a mobile phone caller and short message sender could be traced from the transmission station through the Location Code (LAC), Service Area Code (SAC) and Cell ID Code.

Haizal elaborated that LAc refers to a large area made up of several transmission stations. Each of these stations share the same LAC but has its own SAC. Cells IDs are a subset of LAC and their values are unique.

The codes can be used to determine the transmission station based on the strength of mobile signals, thus locating the caller, 32-year-old Haizal said. Haizal joined Celcom eight years ago and has been in his current position for the past three years.

It is learnt that Hazial obtained the LAC and cell ID data from accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri’s SIM card. He then sent the findings to Mohd Firdaous Mohd Omar, a Celcom Malaysia special project and investigation department’s executive, who formatted and presented Azilah’s mobile details in previous hearings.

The trial continues on Thursday.

The Star Online – Technician tells how calls traced
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/22/courts/20082933&sec=courts>

New Straits Times – Location of phone user ‘can be traced’
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2138592/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Celcom IT Analyst Data Accurate
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-celcom-it_18/>

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